Humdinger
Asset Care Shift Engineer
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Humdinger, Sherburn in Elmet LS25 6PJ
Are you a multi-skilled maintenance engineer with a strong electrical background looking for your next challenge in a fast-growing FMCG manufacturing environment?
We're looking for an electrically biased Asset Care Engineer to join our engineering team and play a key role in maintaining, improving and optimising our chocolate factory in Sherburn in Elmet.
This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys variety, problem solving and working in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment where no two days are the same.
Position type
Full time, permanent
Pay range
£46,194.00 annually
Key Benefits
- Health care cash plan
- Ongoing engineering training/qualifications
Shift Pattern
Our engineers work a rotating 3-week shift pattern that provides regular long breaks and extended periods away from work throughout the cycle. The rotation is as follows:
Week 1
- Sunday to Tuesday Nights 1800 - 0600
- Saturday Days 0600 - 1400
Week 2
- Monday & Tuesday Days 0600 - 1800
- Wednesday & Thursday Nights 1800 - 0600
Week 3
- Wednesday to Friday Days 0600 - 1800
Closing date
14/08/2026
Responsibilities
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and reactive breakdown repair activities across the site.
- Diagnosing and resolving electrical and mechanical faults to minimise production downtime.
- Supporting asset reliability, continuous improvement and operational performance initiatives.
- Maintaining accurate maintenance records through the CMMS system and contributing to asset care improvements.
- Working across our confectionery processing areas, including chocolate button depositing, drop rolling and moulding, belt coating operations, chocolate and sugar panning systems and associated product handling equipment.
- Supporting a highly diverse packing hall with equipment capable of producing pillow packs, doy pouches, foil wrapped products, netted products, bulk packed products and boxed formats.
- Ensuring all engineering activities are completed in line with food safety, quality and health & safety standards.
- Collaborating with production teams to identify root causes of recurring issues and implement long-term solutions.
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Essential
- NVQ Level 3 Engineering Apprenticeship or equivalent engineering qualification.
- Strong electrical fault-finding and diagnostic experience.
- Good mechanical understanding and ability to work on a range of manufacturing equipment.
- Experience working within a manufacturing, production or FMCG environment.
- Experience using a CMMS maintenance management system.
- A proactive approach to problem solving and continuous improvement.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Desirable
- PLC fault-finding experience.
- Packaging machinery experience.
- HNC/HND qualification.
- HACCP & Food Safety training/qualifications/awareness.
Additional Benefits
- Rotating 3-week days and nights shift pattern offering frequent extended rest periods, regular long weekends and multiple blocks of consecutive days off throughout the cycle. A great opportunity for engineers seeking strong work-life balance alongside a challenging manufacturing environment.
- Holiday entitlement is worked out at 264 hours annually, equivalent to 33 days annual leave including bank holidays.
- 4% employer and 5% employee pension plan.
- Life assurance plan x4 basic salary.
- Ongoing investment in your development, including opportunities to achieve additional engineering qualifications through accredited training providers.
- Various salary sacrifice schemes including pension payments, cycle to work and electric car (subject to meeting minimum criteria).
- Healthcare cash plan via paycare (Dental, Optical, Chiropody, Professional Therapy, Counselling) with a value over £400 each year.
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About Humdinger
Humdinger, part of Zertus UK&I, is one of the UK's fastest-growing snacking and confectionery manufacturers, producing over 5,000 tonnes of chocolate and snacking products annually for leading retail, third-party and B2B customers. With advanced manufacturing technologies including chocolate button depositing, drop rolling, belt coating, sugar and chocolate panning, and high-speed packing operations, this is an exciting opportunity to join a business investing in people, engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
Applying
Please apply online via our careers portal by submitting your CV and answering the application questions. Successful candidates will be invited to a two-stage interview process, including a site tour.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Humdinger is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace.
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